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  1. How do you stop a bad guy with a bomb? on Explosions at the Boston Marathon · · Score: 1

    ...

  2. Re:eat your oranges! on Giant Snails Invade Florida · · Score: 1

    The flowers that come through Miami are from Colombia.

  3. Re:Can't America get its acts together ? on Congressman Introduces Bill To Ban Minting of Trillion-Dollar Coin · · Score: 1

    13%.
    The lowest bracket, for taxable incomes under $8,400, is 10%; considering 7.65% payroll taxes the minimum rate is 17.65% for a regular taxpayer.

  4. Re:Why would they stop developing weaponry? on North Korea Launches Long-Range Rocket · · Score: 1

    Not the dreaded iEmbargo!

  5. Re:Sounds reasonable on Text Message Spammer Wants FCC To Declare Spam Filters Illegal · · Score: 1

    Gmail throws out tons of obvious spam that we never see, only the possibly ok stuff makes it to the spam folder.

  6. CSI: Belize on John McAfee Accused of Murder, Wanted By Belize Police · · Score: 4, Funny

    FTA:
    apparent gunshot wound on the upper rear part of his head
    apparently dead

    The local CSI team is verifying the facts

  7. Re:Grants? Scholarships? on Tuition Should Be Lower For Science Majors, Says Florida Task Force · · Score: 1

    It figures

  8. Re:remove excessive CO2? on Sea Level Rise Can't Be Stopped · · Score: 1

    One word: Diamonds

  9. Re:Why? on Boeing Delivers Massive Ordnance Penetrator · · Score: 2

    a little nit-picking,

    1. If we look back to WWII the then reasonable (but incorrect) threat that the Nazis were working on a nuke led to the Manhattan project and our own bombs, not to being scared into submission. The "implied threat of being nuked by Israel" and considering the Iraq/Libya vs NKorea scenarios, should lead to working on a bomb, not 24/7 but 32/7. And it doesn't have to be a really good one, dirty bombs that contaminate Israeli or oil assets should be good enough for MAD.

    2. Concrete = cement + aggregate + rebar + water, all of which can be produced in any semi-industrialized country, including Iran. "Concrete is cheap", construction saying.

  10. Good for the Goose Good for the Gander Dept on Online Call To Shoot President Ruled Free Speech · · Score: 1

    Obligatory joke: "What do you call a lawyer with an IQ of 50?" "Your Honor."

    With minor paraphrasing:

    Judge Stephen Reinhardt 'will have a 50 cal in the head soon' and a call to 'shoot the [shyster slur]' aren't violations of the law... because the statute doesn't criminalize 'predictions or exhortations to others to injure or kill [a judge]'

    Would the learned judge find some way to make some crime stick?

  11. Re: people don't believe there's no life. on Life Found In Deepest Layer of Earth's Crust · · Score: 1

    at least

  12. Re:Let's cut to the chase on TSA Bans Toner and Ink Cartridges On Planes · · Score: 1

    A tale about improving security:

    After waiting in line patiently for what seemed hours, Professor Mufunzalo, Nobel laureate in Mathematics, is being molested by TSA minions while his carry-on is x-rayed.

    As it goes through, the conveyor stops: red lights flash, sirens blare and the bomb squad and hazmat roll in, as well as several heavily armed SWAT teams that pin the Professor down.

    "Professor Mufunzalo," a captain screams, "you have a bomb in your suitcase! Are you insane?"

    "No sir, it's for security purposes" replies the good professor, in the patient tone he uses for the slow.

    "Whaaat????"

    "Yes sir, let's do the numbers: The probability of having one bomb in the airplane is 1 in 100 Million, accordingly the probability of two bombs is 1 in 10^16, therefore my bomb guarantees our complete safety."

    "I see... lock him up!"

  13. Re:Home Security Theater on TSA Bans Toner and Ink Cartridges On Planes · · Score: 1

    At any larger airport the terrorist might instead consider blowing up the 5,000 people standing in line for these little chats

  14. Re:Not a mini big bang... on Large Hadron Collider (LHC) Generates a 'Mini-Big Bang' · · Score: 1

    in other words, "the ultimate free lunch"

  15. Re:Engineers vs Liberal Arts on Why Are Terrorists Often Engineers? · · Score: 1

    ...If you have a better understanding of where you and your culture fit into the larger sweep of human history...

    Then we get to nuking from orbit

  16. Re:A serious question on Nicholas Sze of Yahoo Finds Two-Quadrillionth Digit of Pi · · Score: 1

    Your link shows 7.6 * 10^60 lP (13B years, a little low for the age of the universe, * c), not 7.6 * 10^6 lP which is a tiny distance

    FWIW the diameter of the visible universe is ~92B ly, ~57 * 10^60 lP; it's considerably larger than 13.8B ly due to expansion
    - someone else can do the volume

  17. Re:checks and balances, sue and cash in on Arizona "Papers, Please" Law May Hit Tech Workers · · Score: 1

    An additional document would be the Naturalization Certificate, which is generally considered very precious and kept under lock and key, not something one would take around (and it clearly states it's illegal to copy)

    We are frequently told that fake driver licenses are readily available, so that a real illegal would be home free until they stop accepting driver licenses, at which point technically Jessica Simpson as a passenger (not of a /. reader of course), or 8 year old Susie Blue Eyes, without her birth certificate (where is it?) could spend some time with the authorities.

    But this is only meant for Mexicans, so it wouldn't affect "regular" people, would it.

  18. Re:It's very simple on The Fourth Amendment and the Cloud · · Score: 1

    or harsh tone of voice or threat or twisting the thumb or the ear

  19. Re:No. on FTC Worries About Consumers, Cloud Data, and Privacy · · Score: 1

    marketing + wants = needs

  20. Re:Why the CF bulb hate? on Reliability of PC Flash SSDs? · · Score: 1

    They are not recommended for light sensor switches, I have tried to prove them wrong, but failed (within days) at my expense. Surprised they have lasted you that long.

    All the others are on normal switches, not one failure in ~3 years.

    All GE Daylight (6500K, Wally World), which is too blue, will try 5500Ks from HD; the regular ones are ~2500K and just too yellow.

  21. Re:No HP??? on TI vs. Calculator Hackers · · Score: 1

    you must mean
    3 [enter] 4 + 5 x

    been using it for a while

  22. Re:Why didn't this happen sooner? on Lawyer Jailed For Contempt Is Freed After 14 Years · · Score: 1

    a little cutting to highlight more hijinks

    "recently a Cleveland Browns football player got 30 days for vehicular manslaughter... that's just a travesty of justice pure and simple"

  23. Re:Why didn't this happen sooner? on Lawyer Jailed For Contempt Is Freed After 14 Years · · Score: 1

    what do you call a lawyer with an IQ of 50?

    Your Honor

  24. Re:3.5 has officially launched now on Firefox 3.5 Reviewed; Draws Praise For HTML5, Speed · · Score: 1

    Also from Help / Check Updates, which lists the add-ons that won't work with the new version

  25. Re:You want a friend? on Where Does a Geek Find a Social Life? · · Score: 1

    Walking a beagle puppy helped me meet very nice ladies, who saw me, correctly, as a warm hearted nice guy.

    Same anywhere I took the puppy, and the girl with her beagle...

    And if worst case you still don't meet anybody, you'll have a loyal friend that's always happy to see you; which is not always true with the ladies.